Metallic railway-tie and rail-fastening therefor.



M. J. SHANNON.

METALLIC RAILWAY TIE AND RAIL FASTENING THEREFOR.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 12, 1912.

1,035,753. Patented Aug. 13,1912.

WITNESSES INVENTOR 72, ATTORNEYS @NITEB MICHAEL J. SHANNON, O]?W'ALLACE, IDAHO.

METALLIC RAILVJAY-TIE AND RAIL-FASTENING THEREFOR.

Specification of Letters latent.

' atcntctt Aug. 3, 1912.

Application filed March 12. 1912. Serial No, 683.196.

T0 aZZ 'wium'i it may comm/vi.

Baitlrnown that l. Muiuia. .l. S1i.\.\- NoN, a citizen oil thc Unitctlfitatca. and a resident. of lVallai-c, in thov county ot' Shoshone andStain oi ltlaho. hayo iu\' ttltftl an Improvement in Mctallicilailway-Tica :ltltl Rail-Fastoninga 'llicrotor, oi which thc t'ollowingis: a. specification.

My invention is an iiupiovcnn-nt in tttt'lttltic tics amt ('ltTlt'th'ailaptcit to support rails thcrcou and sccuro thc =Iipporl:- tilitlrails thcuisolvcs thcrcto.

Figaro l is a pcrsrwntivc vicw ol tho antl rail clampia iogothcr withrails shown in Section. Fig.2 is a lousziluiliual act-lion ot' one cm]of thc t c. togg'cthcr with tho rail amt rail clamps ap ticilllH't'tl't). Fig. 3 is a WP tical crow; scctiou on tho liuc ll il ofFig. 2. Fig. -'l; is a Ycrtical t'i'o&-1 soctiou on thc linc l-l, ofFig. :2. Fig. 5 is a p ai-1pwt ivc \'ic\v of one of thc (nits oi thctic. Fig. 6 is a porspcctivc vicw ot' om ot' the rail Phillips.

The stccl or iron tic t is ti'ough-slnipcil, or of (louhlc anglc form.it hciuc' cntircly optn on the uppcr Hitlt, hut n'oviilml with acont'ral transvcrsc partition :5. llaih; I; (Xltlltl across the tic '1anti rc t on nu tal lilocks which are $(liilttl in tho tic. beingintcrposml in 'll'tltt' to lt'lltlt. jar or concussion. Clamps ti tttltl7 arc applictl on (will h'ltl-t nl' cach rail 3 aiul ccurml:lotac'halr-ly to thc tic by moans ol' iapcrial lz'cys or pins 8. Eachrail clamp is to iu-(l with a lateral ('XtcnSion tltlttplttl to Hagainst. tho wcl) of the rail anrl upon tho :utiaconl' poi tion ol tihct'lanp c, as shown in Figs. .t :ztul 2, IltHl thc body or! pcntlontportion o't thc clamp is rectangular Z lltl attaptt l to pass (lowuhctwccu tho si lcs of tho tic. Tho top portion is (:Xt-cutlwtsutiicicntly to itj'orin Fhrrultlcrs it which l.)\(l'l1tlll.L' thoHitlLS ol the tic anil arc a lap'lml to cntci' notchoa ttl loi'u'u-tl inthc lattcr- +-1oc .wpccially l ip'. 5. 'lhc pcnttcut port ions ol ouchclamp arc pro- 'vitlctt with ltlllgfllllllll ltll opauinns it which arcclongatcd t'crt'icaliyms ,intlioatctl plainly in Fig.

ll'licn tho how or pins: arc inacrtml. as SllOWl], particula 'ly in ligs. .2 atul l, thcy hear against tho towt-r .wltli ot thc t-lougatctlomninpgs lft in tho clamps amt against the u1.)pci 'si l '-ottlnw-loinatwlopcniuga t'oi-uircl in the tic, anti, hciugj n-ti a al'orcwaitl.

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thcvthuatcniltotlrawthcctamps(town. The t'tilmlt'lttllull and rotationol. thc parts are such that tho shouldcrs 9 of tho clamps are thuslit-ought down into tho notchos It) in tho tic aiul till llltl'Ll)tiruily scat'ctl in contact with tho rails. It is apparcnt. that whcnthan acatctl. latcrat inovcincnt' of tho clamps is inipo.- .--ihlc.tttltl they thcl'ot'orc aholutcly prt-Wut sprouting of the rails. Thewctlgmy notion of tho tapcrctl law's, whcn tlrivcn into tilitt'l. cauwsthcin to lltiltl as a rule. but. ittil t't pins may hc ttltpltiyttltlnsaute licing iuacrtotl through holca in tho how. The lat tc' arcihiwn out whcu it is rct uirml to rciuontluclamp-- amt tlllilt'lt therails from tho tic. 'thc hloi-lo: t which support the rail ai'thchl inplan ltittijlllltllttilll) of tho tic liy incan of thc pcnilcnt portionsof the rail clamp through which the pins 8 pass.

i\; shown in Figs. ,1 aiul 3, the tic is. pro- \ltlttl ilirci-tly untlcrcacti rail with an clouratml opcning 12 through which access may l cluul to tho hast o'l' tho lilocks l whosc a(.l iaccnt corncrs archow-loll or cut. away. This construction pttl'ttlitH tho introduction ota shim or wcilgc to raiac thc l)l()(l 4: in can it f-illtlllltllit-conic lUWtl't'tl liy wcar; also to compcnsato for compression andwear of tho i-uahion platc 5. Tho latter may ho nnulc ol papt-i' ainlwill cl'\'0 to ilcatlcn rl ltlltl :uul also to prolong tho lit'c of theHill-4. 'ththloclr -t may he nnulc of wood,

Hlt't'l. or iron.

What 1 claim is:-

t. Tilt. (-oiuhination with a trough-shaped inhtallic tic ha ingiu'iwardly projecting paralhKl Hltlt portjion provided with notches intho uppcr cilgc, rail clamps having in- \\'ttl'lll proicctiug: topportions atlaptctl to (tlgltgt a rail haae and having}; end shoulderswhi h cntcr tho notchcs in the tics and also j)t}lttl .lll portionswhich lie bctwccp tho sitlcs ol tho tic ttll(l have openings which areclongratcil vcrtically alul tapcrtal pins passing through opcuings inthc v\itlcs of tho tie and through the times ot the clamps, the lowers-ittcs of thc l-oi'cs hciuc at such hcight relative to tho sitlcopenings in tho tic that tho pins hca 1' tl Hl'll upon lhc lOWU! 'Sltlchof the lltll't's amt tllitW Illt' rail clamps into tirni 0ngjau'cincnt.with a rail anil tic. and a block arrangwl liolwvon the clamps andlicuc'it'h the as a support, for tho latter, the pendent portions of theclamps side angles cut away to adapt it for introahutting theadjacent-sides of the block and duction of a wedge, as and forthe'purpose 10- thus serving; to hold it in place, as described.specified.

2. The combination with a metallic tie which is trough-shaped andprovided with 2, MICHAEL S lateral opening at a point beneath the rail,Witnesses: of a rail supporting block adapted to rest in A. L. HONEKER,the trough of the tie and having its lower A, J. Mhmnpm.

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' Washington, 1). G.

